Shahid Afridi Punches a fan at Karachi Airport!! (See post 17 for the Video)

[Shayan]

Ok, he said these words - it was never in dispute!!

Can you answer why he showed no concern towards his child or pick her up?

Does a push (no push shown on video) justify assaulting 3 people?

I don't justify his actions at all, but I do believe it was related to his child. From what I can see from the video, someone else must have put his daughter into the car when the camera was focussed on the punching.

[LegendAli]

Just because they don't have a problem, doesn't make it right does it!

It sure doesn't but it also doesn't make it a problem that needs to be solved, have cases ever gone on without victims? enough said.

[Waq]

I don't justify his actions at all, but I do believe it was related to his child. From what I can see from the video, someone else must have put his daughter into the car when the camera was focussed on the punching.

His daughter may of been pushed or maybe he thought she was (this is plausible). Afridi was not holding his daughter and she does not appear to be immediately next to him in the videos as he is surrounded by two men. Afridi also looked angry from the start of the video and lost his temper. He also assaulted 3 people.

Whether it relates to his child or not - he acted in a disgraceful manner and should be condemned. I am quite active on this thread because people are actually defending his behaviour or even cheering about it.

If people wish to debate then they are more then welcome. In some people's eyes, Afridi can do no wrong even if it does involve assaulting 3 people at random.

[LegendAli]

I don't justify his actions at all, but I do believe it was related to his child. From what I can see from the video, someone else must have put his daughter into the car when the camera was focussed on the punching.

Actually, you can see Afridi bending down to pick someone up and you can see a glimpse of the girl, you didn't catch that?

[Express Pace]

It sure doesn't but it also doesn't make it a problem that needs to be solved, have cases ever gone on without victims? enough said.



Actually, you can see Afridi bending down to pick someone up and you can see a glimpse of the girl, you didn't catch that?

It does need to be solved, otherwise he will continue down this destructive path. What if the guy he punched had hit his head to the cement ground and died? what would you say then? it has happened many times before and could have in this instance.

[Waq]

It sure doesn't but it also doesn't make it a problem that needs to be solved, have cases ever gone on without victims? enough said.

There are many victimless crimes that exist.

In fact with UK law, I could of been a victim if I made a complaint of a public order offence. If only it was Heathrow!

[zaid65]

I don't justify his actions at all, but I do believe it was related to his child. From what I can see from the video, someone else must have put his daughter into the car when the camera was focussed on the punching.


First of all there is no cleat cut evidence that his daughter was hurt, she might have been pushed by the crowd but this man want these fans to come to the airport and get all the media attention.

Ok fine, I have no problem with the attention seeker behavior ( for the time being), but he should have used his common sense ( if he has any) by telling the family members not to bring the kids at the airport. what was he expecting, this is UK or US or any civilized country, where people will behave like a civilized manner?

Secondly, lets say the daughter was pushed by the fans, does this give him license to attack the poor fan like an angry animal?

Please answer my questions..

[Garuda]

All Afridi Haters, Watch this video. It is clearly audible of him saying "bachay kharay hain hat jao" .
you can also see hand of his daughter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?src_vid=RJZhBbW2uEI&annotation_id=annotation_316912&feature=iv&v=W9C-LPC6xeU
So ?

Next thing one has to do is punch 2-3 guys ? What if one of those is a druggie with a gun ?

A careful father would always avoid getting into these things when with kids.

[AFG_Brit]

Actually, you can see Afridi bending down to pick someone up and you can see a glimpse of the girl, you didn't catch that?

I have mentioned the same in my last post that afridi's daughter can be seen by the car and after afridi has punched the guy and just before he gets into his car, u can see that he puts his daughter 1st in the car then sits himself in.

Unfortunatley brother, some ppers cannot see this. All they can see is Afridi "assaulting" three people!

[James]

He did at least assault three people. Assault is the threat of violence and battery is the use of violence.

[Indiafan]

All Afridi Haters, Watch this video. It is clearly audible of him saying "bachay kharay hain hat jao" .
you can also see hand of his daughter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?src_vid=RJZhBbW2uEI&annotation_id=annotation_316912&feature=iv&v=W9C-LPC6xeU

Last month, I was at a wedding with my friend who has a one and a half year old daughter. While my friend was eating, the kid wandered off into a crowd. She was accidently pushed, fell down and bumped her head and started crying. My friend loves her more than anything but didnt go around punching people, he knew it was an accident

[hamzamunir]

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Another look of what happened.

[sehsan]

Last month, I was at a wedding with my friend who has a one and a half year old daughter. While my friend was eating, the kid wandered off into a crowd. She was accidently pushed, fell down and bumped her head and started crying. My friend loves her more than anything but didnt go around punching people, he knew it was an accident

But all the people are not same and all of them doesnt have the right temperament. Nevertheless i agree that he shouldnt have behaved like this.

[Kray_jackson7]

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Another look of what happened.

it is visible from 0:12-0:14 that someone was carrying a child. Also :))) At people posting the picture of jolie carrying her two children. Jolie at the time was not being pushed and shoved by 1000+ fans.

[violet_may]

PCB should provide him with security. Afridi should also realize this, his fans can get crazy at times so he needs to take precaution!

Be safe!

Now what if due to his punch, that crowd (or those individuals) decided to retaliate? Or a fight broke out between different people in the crowd? It only takes one punch to cause mayhem when there are so many people around. That's the point I was trying to get across, that it wasn't a brilliant idea because in all that chaos and his 'punching' frenzy, the crowd may very well have trampled over those he was attempting to protect (God forbid) (i.e his actions may have inadvertently caused a stampede of sorts to occur...)

Bottom line, PCB or Afridi himself should arrange proper security in the future. Really should be common sense considering his fan following and how many times he has had to encounter huge crowds.

[BlackThunder]

One thing is certain Afridi is the biggest draw in Pakistan cricket at the moment, without Afridi and his actions (as stupid as the may be) Pakistan team would be one of the most boring teams in world cricket.

[IM NOT YOU]

kindve reminds me of when inzy went and tried to beat a fan with a bat in toronto after they were chanting ALOO ALOO (potatoe, potatoe)



anyhow, nobody here knows what its like to be a pro athlete, or be surrounded by 100 crazy fans of which many go over the top to get your attention.



as far as im concered this was an isolated incident and not a big deal. things happen.



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[iafzal]

kindve reminds me of when inzy went and tried to beat a fan with a bat in toronto after they were chanting ALOO ALOO (potatoe, potatoe)



anyhow, nobody here knows what its like to be a pro athlete, or be surrounded by 100 crazy fans of which many go over the top to get your attention.



as far as im concered this was an isolated incident and not a big deal. things happen.



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Isolated incident?
Showing the bat to hit a fan when coming back after getting out a few years ago. Got It think 2 ODI ban or something and as a result I think missed part of the WC 2007.
Fight with Akhtar/Asif...

Ball biting and pitch dancing...

Not isolated but expected incident from Lala

[zhivago]

Isolated incident?
Showing the bat to hit a fan when coming back after getting out a few years ago. Got It think 2 ODI ban or something and as a result I think missed part of the WC 2007.
Fight with Akhtar/Asif...

Ball biting and pitch dancing...

Not isolated but expected incident from Lala

Afridi is admired by his fans not just for his bowling and batting, but also for his primal nature. That is why they call him the beast, and use wallpapers with a roaring afridi, with a lion in the background. [ IMO the lion suits only the great Imran Khan, all others are pretenders]

When he is admired for this, no wonder the fans will defend any animal behaviour that Afridi shows. Ball and pitch tampering is not just pardonable, but admired, because he was trying to win, and wasn't trying to lose like those match fixers. Whatever the beast does will be appreciated by his fans. No wonder one of the men who was assaulted did not find fault with Afridi.

Assaulting men to protect his kids is a small matter considering what he has done and gotten away with.

[Aymeking]

a rubbish act.no one can defend.Afridi looks a careless father.better way was to take care of his kid rather than punching people.he need some break.fame has made him out of control.he is over rated at every level

[HashimAmlaFan]

LOL :afridi he beat up a fan at airport and was looking considerably angry :S all over geo news atm. :akhtar

:facepalm:
Boom Boom's very arrogant has a human being. This is not the 1st time he has hit someone.

[Savak]

Shahid Afridi – Pakistani media’s latest victim?

Tuesday, March 27th, 2012 5:52:19 by Musa Afridi

The Pakistani cricketer is the latest target of the Pakistani media after assaulting a fan at the Karachi International Airport but is it justified.

In Pakistan, the media tends to have more freedom than most when it comes to adding opinions into their stories. Whilst other nations have shows with bonafide experts presenting their arguments under the moderation of a host, Pakistan has shouting matches
between two people who probably have a fake degree. That is not to say the foreign media is perfect, far from it, just take Fox News as an example.

However, one has to take a look at each incident in isolation in order to determine whether the actions of every party were justified or not and even then there is plenty of grey between the black and white.

A bit of background before we jump into the nitty-gritty here; the Pakistani cricket team returned home from Bangladesh after lifting the Asia Cup trophy. Shahid Afridi, who was awarded the Man-of-the-Match award for his performance in the final, arrived
at Karachi International Airport and was met by an army of fans.

The cricketer’s mood seemed off as fans continued to hound him before he finally snapped and attacked one of the very people who came to welcome him home, beating him to the ground and swearing all kinds of obscenities at him before being pulled back.

That is the story going around in the media these days, and to be honest from that alone, one can do nothing but blame the former captain for losing his cool and losing the respect of his fans.

Yet, as with everything, there are two sides to a story. Afridi only reacted the way he did after his daughter was trampled on by one of those very eager fans. A fact that the media seems to be oblivious to and when they do acknowledge the fact, they do
so in a very off-hand manner, as if it holds no importance.

Pakistani media sensationalism at its best.

If one wants to take a balanced look at what happened then they need to understand this. It was not a cricketer attacking a fan; it was a father reacting to someone hurting his daughter. Nothing more, nothing less and that is something the media in this
country should be reporting and not the tabloid journalism that has become so common.

Link: http://www.newspakistan.pk/2012/03/27/Shahid-Afridi-Pakistani-media-s-latest-victim/

[Shayan]

^ Sorry, there is no justification for petty violence. We can understand the emotions Afridi will have gone through seeing his hurt daughter, but resorting to violence is not the answer. It is ALWAYS something done in the heat of the moment, and ALWAYS something which the individual regrets afterwards.

[Ashraful_Rox]

I have lost respect for afridi.

Not surprised though.

[HashimAmlaFan]

I have lost respect for afridi.

Not surprised though.

Me too.

[Savak]

To the contrary Afridi's respect has increased in my eyes and hopefully others as well. Unruly fans deserve to be treated like that.

[violet_may]

You have a twisted sense of respect, in my view.

[Indiafan]

Isnt Afridi also what he is because of his fans? Also did the fans intentionaly hurt his daughter (allegedly) or was it a mistake. If it was someone else apart from Afridi, say an Australian player, would his action be condoned? I dont think the fans were unruly, they were just super excited at seeing their legend, most of them would have dreamt of this moment all their life

Am really surprised at the lack of security though. Indian players have much more security around them usually

[Zaz]

I have lost respect for afridi.

Not surprised though.

So your one of the few that respected him in the first place?

[emclub]

I joined in, wholeheartedly, as millions of Pakistanis rejoiced over our recent triumph on the cricket ground against Bangladesh. In a nation where cricket is followed with religious fervour, it is no surprise that cricket heroes like Shahid Afridi are exalted to the level of saints.

This may be the reason Afridi’s recent outburst, at the Karachi Airport, was swiftly brushed aside as justified, with no official follow-up save for a brief statement issued by the cricketer that implicitly condoned his actions.

The public’s acceptance of his actions is disturbing to say the least.

Granted, Afridi’s consistent contributions on the cricket pitch are worthy of much adulation, however, they simply cannot grant him immunity from the law.

While the media ran overly sensationalised clips of the incident, complete with a dramatic background score, the entire focus was devoted to the incident itself, while the repercussions were completely overlooked. But can Pakistan really afford to let another high-profile incident like this escape the law?

I may not be able to relate to Afridi’s position, as that of a father concerned for his child’s safety, but I can sympathise nonetheless. There is no denying the fact that in the absence of adequate security provisions for the national cricket team’s return, the enthusiasm of the supporters awaiting their return was overwhelming to say the least.

In light of the situation at hand, it is only natural for a father to want to protect his daughter.

Afridi’s annoyance at the incessant pestering of his supporters is justified in this vein, and the fact that his daughter was actually pushed to the ground compounds upon this. However, this does not change the fact that Afridi physically assaulted a fan following the episode; a fan who was not responsible for his daughter’s accident.

In assessing whether Afridi’s actions were reasonable, it is pertinent to first question why his daughter was there in the first place and if it was really reasonable for Afridi to have expected an outcome that did not involve such an incident. To send a three-year-old girl into a sea of fervent cricket fans may be seen as contributory negligence upon the part of the adult who sent her to receive Afridi from the airport. Any reasonable individual, aware of Afridi’s popularity, would have been well aware that Pakistan’s recent victory would attract his supporters to him in throngs like moths to a flame.

Was it really a wise decision to send a little girl into such a situation?

It may seem unreasonable to claim that a little girl should not be allowed to receive her own father from the airport, but with a father of Afridi’s level of popularity, this case is an exception, and not the rule.

Even if such circumstances were found to be safe for a three-year-old little girl, we are still left with the question of whether Afridi’s response to the incident was reasonable. This obviously, is not for us, but for the courts to decide; however, this matter will never reach the courts as not so much as an FIR was lodged.

While it is very magnanimous of the victim, of Afridi’s onslaught, to not press any charges, the state may still do so. Even if civil claims for damages are not pressed by the innocent fan, the state may still prosecute and even convict Afridi of a criminal offence; this requires neither the victim’s cooperation nor consent.

To simply dismiss his actions as justified on account of the fact that his daughter had been pushed to the ground is to take the law into our own hands and use it only as we please.

At the heart of Pakistan’s problems, lies the recurring tendency to apply the law only when it is convenient. If it were a foreign diplomat (not unlike Raymond Davis) in Afridi’s position, the entire nation would erupt in uproar, but Afridi’s fame and acceptance as a national hero seems to have granted him some sort of shield from the law.

For such an incident to go by untouched by the arm of the law, in spite of its mass media coverage is to set a precedent that will be absolutely detrimental for our society. With the position that popular figures like Afridi hold in our society, comes the added title of role model for younger generations.

While Pakistan will still be grateful to Afridi for bringing back the trophy, are we willing to teach an entire nation of millions that such acts can just pass by without retribution if you’re famous? http://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/10905/is-shahid-afridi-above-the-law/

[Stewie]

By the same token we can find fault with out government, airport authorities and PCB for not providing adequate security around them when they arrived. This never happens elsewhere because celebrities always have a good wall of security around them. It is easy to come out and bash somebody left and right when you have not experienced this yourself.

Our journalists/papprazzi have no respect for others privacy and personal space. I think the guy had it coming to him. I am a father and I would have done the same thing.

[Free Hit]

dont be cry babies...afridi is the problem.....yeh right

afridi did the right thing

[AccidentallyOnPurpose]

I did not see the girl anywhere and given how the Pakistani public is and since this isnt the first time he's returned to mobbing fans he could've left his girl in the safety of the car, a couple more seconds wouldn't have made a difference.

It is the fault of the authorities to not providing adequate or any security to the players at all, having said that Afridi did not look like a man attacking to protect his daughter , he looked like someone who got too frustrated and took it out on someone knowing very will there will be no repercussions. He would have gotten away with it without even playing the father coming to the little daughter in distress card.

But everything aside coming too the main question of this thread then my answer is yes, like all celebrities, bigwigs etc here Afridi does not think but knows he's above the law.

[Ashraful_Rox]

So your one of the few that respected him in the first place?

He was my favorite player after the fastest century, now he is not in the top list for this sort of behavior. Yes, I was thinking of naming my future son :afridi now I'll just name him :misbah

[AccidentallyOnPurpose]

He was my favorite player after the fastest century, now he is not in the top list for this sort of behavior. Yes, I was thinking of naming my future son :afridi now I'll just name him :misbah

IS that before or after you make a deal with Rumpelstiltskin

[humzy]

LOL i just imagined sachin doing this in a similar situation.. how funny would that be

[Indiafan]

LOL i just imagined sachin doing this in a similar situation.. how funny would that be

The most he could do was punch those people in their knees

[Indiafan]

It sure doesn't but it also doesn't make it a problem that needs to be solved, have cases ever gone on without victims? enough said.

Put yourself in their place. In the first place they are still Afridi's big fans and so will quietly bear the abuse. so does that make the abuse right?

Secondly, in Pakistan, if they book a case against Afridi, they might even be lynched for it by his fans

The saddest part for me is that these young fans were just super-excited to see their legend and it was a dream come true for them. As often happens with crowds, the ones in the front most probably couldnt control their movement because they were pushed from the back. Its very easy for Afridi to say. "peeche hat jao", but in a crowd, when you are being pushed from all sides, its not possible to back off, you can lose balance like these kids did